A word of warning from an idiot (me): don't, as I did, swipe Nip and Fab toning pads all around your eye area and then go out in the sun without putting on any sunscreen. I did this last week and basically fried my eyelids Just getting over the stingy, puffy stage now, but they're still intensely itchy and a bit sore, even with repeated applications of my daughter's eczema cream.

A word of warning from an idiot (me): don't, as I did, swipe Nip and Fab toning pads all around your eye area and then go out in the sun without putting on any sunscreen. I did this last week and basically fried my eyelids Just getting over the stingy, puffy stage now, but they're still intensely itchy and a bit sore, even with repeated applications of my daughter's eczema cream.

Got some of the Aldi alleged Liz Earle dupe Fez909. I've never used the Liz Earle but I didn't like the smell as much as my old favourite Soap and Glory Ultimelt, and I found it a bit drying on my dryish skin (on a very hot day) Might be better on oilier complexions. Better than some more expensive cleansers I've tried but if I'm going super cheap I prefer the Superdrug Vitamin E Oil cleanser.

Eta. Can't remember what thread this was discussed in. Ah well, it's late and I've written it here now.

My eyelids are still a bit fucked up and I haven't been able to wear make up for a while, so I decided to chuck out most of my make up and start again. Bought some Bare Minerals foundation and concealer at the weekend - it's great, gentle on the skin, good coverage, makes me look healthy.

My eyelids are still a bit fucked up and I haven't been able to wear make up for a while, so I decided to chuck out most of my make up and start again. Bought some Bare Minerals foundation and concealer at the weekend - it's great, gentle on the skin, good coverage, makes me look healthy.

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I've ditched my old makeup routine too and moved to a lovely Clinique moisture surge CC cream in a compact....it's factor 25 and is really light....just invisible on the skin. I'm very pale and find it hard to find a good colour match but this is perfect.

Following on from my success with The Ordinary, I have impulse-bought Azeleic Acid and Vitamin C. Any idea what to do with them? The instructions are vague (apply PM or AM) - can you use them every day, or just occasionally?

La Roche Posay Effaclar range. I don't know what is in this stuff which makes it so good, because I've used other ranges with salicylic acid, like the Clinique three-step solutions, and it's been rubbish for me, but this is insanely, insanely good. I haven't worn foundation or concealer in months now. I've waited before posting here in case it was a fluke, but this stuff just gives me amazing, blemish free skin. I really can't believe it, tbh.

I use the Effaclur facial wash, (which seems different on the UK site to the one I get in China) and then the Efflacur Duo as a moisturizer all over my face, and then, if I see even the smallest hint of a spot, I put Effaclur AI on it and it goes away before it even becomes anything to worry about.

It's weird. I don't really spend any time looking pensively in the mirror any more. Sometimes I sort of drift towards a mirror and then wander off because there's nothing to see. I was going to ask a friend to bring me back some Clinique foundation from the US, and then I was like, Why? I'm not using it!